# US 10,480,693 B2 · Threaded joint for steel pipes > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,480,693 B2 - Document ID: US10480693B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/317,418 - Filed: 2015-06-19 - Published: 2017-04-20 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2014-06-20 - Assignees: Nippon Steel Corporation; Vallourec Oil and Gas France - Applicants: Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation; Vallourec Oil and Gas France - Inventors: Yousuke Oku; Tatsuya Yamamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10480693B2 ## CPC - F16L 15/06: characterised by the shape of the screw-thread - E21B 17/042: Threaded - E21B 17/043: with locking means - F16L 15/001: {with conical threads} - F16L 15/004: {with axial sealings having at least one plastically deformable sealing surface (with sealing rings F16L15/003)} - F16L: PIPES; JOINTS OR FITTINGS FOR PIPES; SUPPORTS FOR PIPES, CABLES OR PROTECTIVE TUBING; MEANS FOR THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL - E21B: EARTH OR ROCK DRILLING; OBTAINING OIL, GAS, WATER, SOLUBLE OR MELTABLE MATERIALS OR A SLURRY OF MINERALS FROM WELLS ## Abstract A threaded joint is constructed of a pin and a box. The pin includes, in order from a tubular body having the pin toward the free end thereof: a male threaded portion and a lip portion including a sealing surface. The box includes: a female threaded portion corresponding to the male threaded portion of the pin; and a recessed portion corresponding to the lip portion, the recessed portion including a sealing surface. The lip portion includes, in order from a male threaded portion toward the free end of the pin: a neck portion; and a sealing head portion including the sealing surface. The maximum outside diameter of the region of the sealing surface in the sealing head portion is larger than an outside diameter of the neck portion at a boundary between the neck portion and the male threaded portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A threaded joint for steel pipes, comprising: a tubular pin and a tubular box, the pin and the box being fastened by screwing the pin onto the box, the pin comprising, in order from a tubular body having the pin toward a free end thereof: a tapered male threaded portion with dovetail threads; and a lip portion including a sealing surface, the box comprising: a tapered female threaded portion with dovetail threads corresponding to the male threaded portion of the pin; and a recessed portion corresponding to the lip portion, the recessed portion including a sealing surface, wherein, the lip portion includes, in order from the male threaded portion toward the free end of the pin: a neck portion; and a sealing head portion including the sealing surface, the sealing surface is disposed on a region in the sealing head portion, the region having a maximum outside diameter that is larger than an outside diameter of the neck portion at a boundary between the neck portion and the male threaded portion, the sealing head portion has an inside diameter that is smaller than an inside diameter of the tubular body, and the lip portion has an inner peripheral surface, the inner peripheral surface including, in order from the free end of the pin: a tapered surface increasing in diameter toward the free end of the pin; a cylindrical surface that is continuous with the tapered surface; and an inside tapered surface decreasing in diameter toward the free end of the pin, wherein, in a fastened state, a clearance between an end face of the lip portion and the recessed portion of the box is in a range of 0.1 mm to 3.0 mm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1, wherein, the cylindrical surface has a length along the pipe axis of at least 3 mm, the length extending from a boundary between the tapered surface and the cylindrical surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 2, wherein, in a fastened state, clearances are provided in at least one of the following: between crests of the male threaded portion and roots of the female threaded portion; and between roots of the male threaded portion and crests of the female threaded portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1, wherein, in a fastened state, clearances are provided in at least one of the following: between crests of the male threaded portion and roots of the female threaded portion; and between roots of the male threaded portion and crests of the female threaded portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1, wherein, the region of the sealing surface in the sealing head portion has a wall thickness at a position of the maximum outside diameter, the wall thickness being in a range of 55% to 80% of a wall thickness of the tubular body, and the neck portion has a minimum wall thickness in a range of 45% to 70% of the wall thickness of the tubular body. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1, wherein, the male threaded portion and the female threaded portion each have a taper angle in a range of 1° to 5° with respect to the pipe axis. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1, wherein, the sealing surface of the lip portion includes a tapered surface, the tapered surface having a taper angle in a range of 3° to 10° with respect to the pipe axis. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 1, wherein, the male threaded portion and the female threaded portion each have a thread height in a range of 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm. ### Claim 9 A threaded joint for steel pipes, comprising: a tubular pin and a tubular box, the pin and the box being fastened by screwing the pin onto the box, the pin comprising, in order from a tubular body having the pin toward a free end thereof: a tapered male threaded portion with dovetail threads; and a lip portion including a sealing surface, the box comprising: a tapered female threaded portion with dovetail threads corresponding to the male threaded portion of the pin; and a recessed portion corresponding to the lip portion, the recessed portion including a sealing surface, wherein, the lip portion includes, in order from the male threaded portion toward the free end of the pin: a neck portion; and a sealing head portion including the sealing surface, the sealing surface is disposed on a region in the sealing head portion, the region having a maximum outside diameter that is larger than an outside diameter of the neck portion at a boundary between the neck portion and the male threaded portion, the sealing head portion has an inside diameter that is smaller than an inside diameter of the tubular body, and the lip portion has an inner peripheral surface, the inner peripheral surface including, in order from the free end of the pin: a tapered surface increasing in diameter toward the free end of the pin; a cylindrical surface that is continuous with the tapered surface; and an inside tapered surface decreasing in diameter toward the free end of the pin wherein, the neck portion has an outer peripheral surface, the outer peripheral surface being a cylindrical surface, and the sealing head portion has an outer peripheral surface, the outer peripheral surface including: a tapered surface that is continuous with the outer peripheral surface of the neck portion and increases in diameter at an angle in a range of 5° to 20° with respect to the pipe axis; a cylindrical surface that is continuous with the tapered surface; and the sealing surface, the sealing surface including a curved surface that is continuous with the cylindrical surface and a tapered surface that decreases in diameter toward the free end of the pin. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 9, wherein, the cylindrical surface has a length along the pipe axis of at least 3 mm, the length extending from a boundary between the tapered surface and the cylindrical surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 10, wherein, in a fastened state, clearances are provided in at least one of the following: between crests of the male threaded portion and roots of the female threaded portion; and between roots of the male threaded portion and crests of the female threaded portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 9, wherein, in a fastened state, clearances are provided in at least one of the following: between crests of the male threaded portion and roots of the female threaded portion; and between roots of the male threaded portion and crests of the female threaded portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 9, wherein, the region of the sealing surface in the sealing head portion has a wall thickness at a position of the maximum outside diameter, the wall thickness being in a range of 55% to 80% of a wall thickness of the tubular body, and the neck portion has a minimum wall thickness in a range of 45% to 70% of the wall thickness of the tubular body. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 9, wherein, the male threaded portion and the female threaded portion each have a taper angle in a range of 1° to 5° with respect to the pipe axis. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 9, wherein, the sealing surface of the lip portion includes a tapered surface, the tapered surface having a taper angle in a range of 3° to 10° with respect to the pipe axis. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The threaded joint for steel pipes according to claim 9, wherein, the male threaded portion and the female threaded portion each have a thread height in a range of 1.0 mm to 3.0 mm.